• Cowbee [he/they]
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    022 days ago

    No, they agreed to spheres of influence. It’s one thing to agree that, in a coming war, neither party will cross said lines, and it’s another entirely to make that a binding agreement to invade all of Europe together. You jumped from point A not to B, but to Z, making up a bunch of assumptions that have no logical basis in between.

    • RaivoKulli
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      022 days ago

      They divided Europe into those spheres of influence, resulting in Germans taking over parts of Poland, Soviet Union taking over Baltics, parts of Poland, Bessarabia, areas such as those given to it in the pact.

      • Cowbee [he/they]
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        022 days ago

        They agreed to spheres of influence. It’s one thing to agree that, in a coming war, neither party will cross said lines, and it’s another entirely to make that a binding agreement to invade all of Europe together. You jumped from point A not to B, but to Z, making up a bunch of assumptions that have no logical basis in between.

        • RaivoKulli
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          022 days ago

          They agreed to spheres of influence.

          Yes that’s what the secret protocol is about, it spells it out very clearly

          • Cowbee [he/they]
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            022 days ago

            Correct, it wasn’t about agreeing to invade and divide Europe. You’re conflating the two, but they aren’t at all the same.

            • RaivoKulli
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              022 days ago

              Well it was an agreement to divide Europe. Invasion ended up happening in lots of places to further solidify that sphere of influence. So very closely connected.

              • Cowbee [he/they]
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                022 days ago

                No, lol. It was an agreement that if war broke out, the Nazis and communists would stick to their areas. First, neither expected it to last, and second, it isn’t an agreement to invade Europe.

                • RaivoKulli
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                  022 days ago

                  would stick to their areas

                  That’s how the dividing worked

                  • Cowbee [he/they]
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                    022 days ago

                    You’re implying

                    1. That the Soviets intended on invading Europe, and having the pact last

                    2. That the Soviets wanted to invade.

                    Neither is backed up by the facts at hand.